Oh yeah, and Veggie Garden rocks under the new ownership! That's hard for me to admit too since I loved the family that used to own it. The food is so much better, and there is more variety now. The only thing is the service isn't quite as good as it used to be, but I think they will get that worked out. It's been a lot more crowded the last few times I've gone.

I've been hearing a lot of negative rumors about the V Spot and its owner, Dee Pissaro. Has anyone else heard any of this? LIke how she runs her restaurants like a tyrant and takes advantage of kids who just want to learn more about raw food. She often doesn't even pay her employers. She tricks them into thinking it's a great learning experience and then forks them over.

I also heard from multiple people that she funds her restaurants by dealing in large quantities of Marijuana that she gets from Mexico. That's in addition to the multiple (definitely not vegan) hot dog stands that she has around the city. I have no idea if any of this is true or not.

I always have made the drive to Plano to Parker Animal and Bird Clinic. Doctor Blonien is an awesome (and affordable) vet. My family has been going to him for 20 years. I tried some vets in the dallas area, but never found one I wanted to go back to, mostly because of the price. City Vet was ok, but still overpriced.

I first posted in the South, but figured i might find Texas & Oklahoma here - and there ya are :) I am DYING to come down to Spiral Diner! I am in OKC and we have, well, OKC is doing a lot better in terms of widening horizons in many areas (Thank you, Wayne Coyne and Co) but we need more vegan eating options. There is ONE cupcake bakery here that claims to serve vegan - but when i went, i bit into the foulest thing ever, then bite #2 was, i swear on my laptop, frosting from a can. I wanted my money back & i hadn't even paid for it ;-) As for other restaurants, i am not having much luck. But i'm still hopeful for the future.

Sorry, i'm babbling! Just happyhappy to find you all! And i am going to get down to check out the diner if i have to take the train and go alone. Which actually sounds kind of fun. :)

I first posted in the South, but figured i might find Texas & Oklahoma here - and there ya are :) I am DYING to come down to Spiral Diner! I am in OKC and we have, well, OKC is doing a lot better in terms of widening horizons in many areas (Thank you, Wayne Coyne and Co) but we need more vegan eating options. There is ONE cupcake bakery here that claims to serve vegan - but when i went, i bit into the foulest thing ever, then bite #2 was, i swear on my laptop, frosting from a can. I wanted my money back & i hadn't even paid for it ;-) As for other restaurants, i am not having much luck. But i'm still hopeful for the future.

Sorry, i'm babbling! Just happyhappy to find you all! And i am going to get down to check out the diner if i have to take the train and go alone. Which actually sounds kind of fun. :)

There used to be an Asian place that had the most amazing tofu stir fry. I can't think of the name, but it was somewhere off 240 - 35 area. I was down about 3 miles on 240 (Bryant Ave) at a truck yard and they delivered there. So it had to be somewhere close.

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I first posted in the South, but figured i might find Texas & Oklahoma here - and there ya are :) I am DYING to come down to Spiral Diner! I am in OKC and we have, well, OKC is doing a lot better in terms of widening horizons in many areas (Thank you, Wayne Coyne and Co) but we need more vegan eating options. There is ONE cupcake bakery here that claims to serve vegan - but when i went, i bit into the foulest thing ever, then bite #2 was, i swear on my laptop, frosting from a can. I wanted my money back & i hadn't even paid for it ;-) As for other restaurants, i am not having much luck. But i'm still hopeful for the future.

Sorry, i'm babbling! Just happyhappy to find you all! And i am going to get down to check out the diner if i have to take the train and go alone. Which actually sounds kind of fun. :)

There used to be an Asian place that had the most amazing tofu stir fry. I can't think of the name, but it was somewhere off 240 - 35 area. I was down about 3 miles on 240 (Bryant Ave) at a truck yard and they delivered there. So it had to be somewhere close.

Hi, thanks! I'm not coming up with anything off the top of my head, but i'll ask my Bro, he seems to know where everything is, the Smart Smarty-Pants :)

have any of you tried hypnotic donuts? i found it when i was trying to google that other donut place (donut palace) that mollyjade i think was talking about above? i can't find any difinitive website for the palace, so i gave up, but saw someone mentioned hypnotic and checked them out. turns out they offer vegan donuts on monday and tuesday. luckily we'll be in dallas on monday 1/19 (but that means no spiral diner, nor the korean place, since we're more than likely to get to dallas after 3:00. which sucks, cause it's so rare to see a vegan korean place.)

we're thinking of staying overnight so we can try spiral. it'll be a long day of driving anyway, i don't know if i want to add another 3 hours to get to austin on top of the 7 from memphis. if any of you have a couch available, i would be a very happy carrot. i'll provide peanut chews, herr's potato chips and/or black cherry wishniak soda in exchange! (i don't think i can get sweetzel's spice cookies this time of year, but i'll look)

Does anyone have a recommendation for a tattooist? I found a place online (J Hall & Co.) that says their ink is vegan, but it would be good to have options! I'm aiming to get it done the first week I'm in TX (the week preceding VVC) and in Dallas rather than Austin since I'll have more free time while I'm in Dallas.

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I think Spiral is still a must. Anvil Pub has some neat bar food, though nothing really original. But still fun to eat cheese fries at a bar. Il Cane Rosso has good pizza. And I've heard good things about D'Vegan, but haven't been there yet myself.